Using+Technology+to+Change+School+Culture

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**Using Technology to Change School Culture**
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=What Really Matters the most?=

**Why Look At School Culture?**
A look at the 21 Responsibilities of the school leader as outlined by Marzano, Waters and McNulty in //School leadership that works: from research to results// (2005) Outreach Resources Knowledge of CIA Input Change Agent ||
 * Correlation with Student Achievement || Responsibility ||
 * .33 || **Situational Awareness** ||
 * .28 || Flexibility ||
 * .27 || Discipline
 * Monitoring/Evaluating** ||
 * .25 || **Culture**
 * Order**
 * .24 || Focus
 * Contingent Rewards**
 * Intellectual Stimulation** ||
 * .23 || **Communication** ||
 * .22 || **Ideals/Beliefs** ||
 * .20 || Involvement in CIA
 * Visibility**
 * Optimizer** ||
 * .19 || **Affirmation** ||
 * .18 || **Relationships** ||

Principal Action
Principal action impacts teachers in the classroom which impacts student achievement Link to graphic from article

**How did we assess the culture?**
**Non-Technology**
 * Individual Meetings with all interested staff before school started
 * Forms for staff to write down school culture, history, personal information
 * Analyzed the themes of the interviews and culture survey
 * Used themes to develop action plan – //including short term gains and long term work!//
 * Clearly articulated expectations for all staff

**Technology**
 * Use of culture surveys on survey monkey and [|GoogleForms]

**What did we do to change the culture?**
**Technology**
 * Used emailed Weekly Bulletin [[file:Staff Oct 17 2011.pdf]] to showcase the great work staff was doing and to share instructional practices and ideas
 * Change of literacy grids from word documents to excel spreadsheets [[file:Class of 2022 Bouchard.xls]] on the share folder to [|GoogleDocs]
 * Change of math grid [[file:2nd Gr Math Benchmarks Goodno.xls]] to save into share folder and [|GoogleDocs]
 * Use of GoogleDocs to track student progress on [|Instructional Levels]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">TILT program
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diigo Diigo
 * Use of SMARTBoard and Investigations software
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter as a direct way to get information to staff through text messaging
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tweeting with and between staff
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Document cameras for those who wanted them ($60 or so each)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Staff meeting time used for sharing technology tools by other staff members
 * Cell phones - texting, evernote,

Use of technology tools to share student data, share instructional practices, open dialogue, showcase skills of staff members, help staff members to feel part of the bigger picture.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Non technology**
 * HOWEVER, technology should make the work easier not more tedious.
 * Sometime the best culture enhancers and shapers are on paper
 * ...and sometimes it is just about being part of a community (breakfast, potlucks, pajama day data wall breakfast)

How do we know it worked?
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Classroom tours as part of opening day activities for teachers <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">An important point to remember <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">How you design professional development/learning matters! From
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #6a6a6a; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Goals we want for students must be included in the designs we create for the adults"
 * KASAB
 * Knowledge = developing awareness
 * Attitudes = chainging minds
 * Skills = developing expertise
 * Aspiration = inspiring action
 * Behaviors = instilling routines